Crude oil prices were little changed Wednesday morning ahead of official U.S. invetories data.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is scheduled to release its weekly data at 10:30 am EDT.

A key prelude in the form of industry data from the American Petroleum Institute late Tuesday showed that crude supplies rose 4.6 million barrels last week.

U.S. crude oil was down a few pennies at $45.15 a barrel this morning.

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